Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2019 The Big Wrap
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2019 The Big Wrap
Buy-in
€2,350
Prize Pool
€1,000,000
Entries
474
Level
33
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
0
Players Left
28
The Martin Kabrhel Show on Day 2 of The Big Wrap as 28 Remain
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
All Day 1 survivors of The Big Wrap combined to one field for the first time and had to survive the early minefields of the late registration and re-entry period in the first two levels in Europe's biggest poker arena at the King's Casino and Resort in Rozvadov.
The guaranteed prize pool of €1,000,000 drew more than 100 additional entries for the €2,350 buy-in to create a field of 474 entries and the top 55 spots ended up in the money.
Once it came to bagging and tagging, a very familiar face of King's Casino topped the leaderboard as Martin Kabrhel turned a late entry on Day 2 into a stack of 4,525,000. Kabrhel sat down half-way through the first level of the day and quickly turned his 25 big blinds into more than a million. His table presence could be heard in the entire tournament area as usual and the aggressive playing style sent the Czech into a wild rollercoaster ride throughout the day.
Just prior to and after the money bubble, Kabrhel got the best of Hokyiu Lee and when he was about to drop back into the middle of the pack after doubling two shorter stacks, he sent Oleksandr Pyliavskyi and Ran Azor to the rail in order to regain the lead with 28 players remaining.
Veton Raka started the day as one of the chip leaders and ended the night near the top with 3,875,000 after he sent John Trast to the rail in the final hand of the night over on the feature table. Third in chips is Oleh Sushko with 3,030,000, closely followed by Marian Vacha (2,950,000), Adon Ursu (2,925,000) and Iaroslav Boiko (2,730,000).
Sergey Verkhoturov led the field into Day 2 as only player above one million and avoided a late bustout when he doubled through Erich Kollmann to move back up to 1,710,000, leaving Kollmann on 820,000 for the final day. Other notables that remain in contention for the top prize of €200,000 are Han Kuo (1,615,000), Tomasz Kozub (1,165,000), Leonid Yanovski (735,000), Ilyaz Dosikov (720,000) and Sascha Minerva (450,000).
The last player to leave the poker arena without a payday was none other than partypoker ambassador Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, who saw his hopes of a cash vanish on the feature table. Down to just over one big blind his jam was called two ways and John Trast ended up making two pair to lock up €4,750 for all remaining 55 participants.
Many other big names shared the same fate and missed out on the money spots such as Thomas Bichon, Lukas Zaskodny, Ivo Donev, Besim Hot, Anton Morgenstern, Matous Skorepa and Maksim Pisarenko. Hot and Donev both hit the rail in a remarkable hand when a four-way all in resulted in a triple knockout for Mevludtn Mehmedovic with a set of kings.
Marek Blasko, Martin Rothaermel, Jonas Kronwitter and Maksim Shuts all had to leave without anything to show for either. Shuts lost the vast majority of his stack in the then far biggest pot of the tournament when his flopped nut straight failed to hold up against the top set and inferior straight of Dorel Eldabach. When the average was barely scraping on a million in chips, Eldabach had moved up to 3.2 million but could not hold onto his stack and busted in the money in the final level of the night.
Marcel Luske nursed a shorter stack throughout the day and survived the money bubble. He then doubled twice in quick succession and seemed poised for another one, but the third time wasn't a charm when his kings came up short against the combo draw of Adon Ursu. Eventually, the field was trimmed down to the final four tables at the end of level 23.
Another long day awaits for the Pot-Limit Omaha specialists to determine a champion when the action recommences at 1 p.m. local time on Monday, September 16th, 2019, with blinds of 30,000/60,000. The live stream on the King's Casino Twitch channel can be followed with hole cards displayed on a security delay of 30 minutes and the PokerNews team will be there from start-to-finish.
The Big Wrap Day 3 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | 1 | GOMETZGER | Spain | 1,350,000 | 23 |
| 37 | 2 | Marian Vacha | Czech Republic | 2,950,000 | 49 |
| 37 | 3 | Pawel Keller | Poland | 895,000 | 15 |
| 37 | 4 | Han Kuo | Germany | 1,615,000 | 27 |
| 37 | 6 | T.O. | Switzerland | 2,270,000 | 38 |
| 37 | 7 | Maximilian Wieser | Austria | 375,000 | 6 |
| 37 | 8 | Vlastimil Cerny | Czech Republic | 725,000 | 12 |
| 38 | 1 | Adon Ursu | Turkey | 2,925,000 | 49 |
| 38 | 2 | Leonid Yanovski | Israel | 735,000 | 12 |
| 38 | 3 | Massimo Foresti | Italy | 1,200,000 | 20 |
| 38 | 4 | Sergey Verkhoturov | Russian Federation | 1,710,000 | 29 |
| 38 | 5 | Kyrylo Shkrob | Ukraine | 1,435,000 | 24 |
| 38 | 7 | Veton Raka | Kosovo | 3,875,000 | 65 |
| 38 | 8 | Ilyaz Dosikov | Russian Federation | 720,000 | 12 |
| 39 | 1 | Greko Gregor | Greece | 1,995,000 | 33 |
| 39 | 2 | Iaroslav Boiko | Ukraine | 2,730,000 | 46 |
| 39 | 3 | Victor Nalim | Turkey | 720,000 | 12 |
| 39 | 4 | Oleh Sushko | Ukraine | 3,030,000 | 51 |
| 39 | 5 | Simone Fumagalli | Italy | 1,415,000 | 24 |
| 39 | 6 | Erich Kollmann | Austria | 820,000 | 14 |
| 39 | 8 | Tomasz Kozub | Poland | 1,165,000 | 19 |
| 40 | 1 | Sascha Minerva | Germany | 450,000 | 8 |
| 40 | 3 | Karl Schedlberger | Austria | 760,000 | 13 |
| 40 | 4 | Borritoo | Lithuania | 2,355,000 | 39 |
| 40 | 5 | Hasan Nazarian | Norway | 1,705,000 | 28 |
| 40 | 6 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 4,525,000 | 75 |
| 40 | 7 | NEUK1 | Germany | 1,560,000 | 26 |
| 40 | 8 | MAXIFELI | Germany | 940,000 | 16 |
End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts (full)
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,525,000 | 25,000 |
|
3,875,000 | 20,000 |
|
3,030,000 | -570,000 |
|
2,950,000 | 820,000 |
|
2,925,000 | 275,000 |
|
2,730,000 | -70,000 |
|
2,355,000 | 555,000 |
|
2,270,000 | 220,000 |
|
1,995,000 | -5,000 |
|
1,710,000 | 760,000 |
|
1,705,000 | 705,000 |
|
1,615,000 | -185,000 |
|
1,560,000 | 760,000 |
|
1,435,000 | 895,000 |
|
1,415,000 | 665,000 |
|
1,350,000 | 150,000 |
|
1,200,000 | 240,000 |
|
1,165,000 | -235,000 |
|
940,000 | -360,000 |
|
895,000 | -205,000 |
|
820,000 | 70,000 |
|
760,000 | 135,000 |
|
735,000 | |
|
725,000 | 535,000 |
|
720,000 | -255,000 |
Day 2 Completed
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
The remaining 28 players have bagged up their chips for the night and will return at 1 p.m. local time to play down to a winner. The full chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.
Raka Busts Trast
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
In the last hand of the night on the feature table, Leonid Yanovski raised to 125,000 with the 
and was called by John Trast and Sascha Minerva, who held the 
. Veton Raka in the big blind three-bet to 500,000 and Yanovski folded after an eternity. Trast moved all in for 600,000 to force out Minerva, while Raka called.
John Trast: 
Veton Raka: 
The board came 
and Raka's flush was superior to send Trast out in 29th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,855,000 | 1,455,000 |
|
|
735,000 | -1,065,000 |
|
455,000 | -395,000 |
|
Busted |
Kabrhel Into the Lead
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
Martin Kabrhel sent Ran Azor to the rail at the very end when his open-ended straight draw beat the flush draw of Azor and Jozef Mlcoch also ran out of chips to suddenly reduce the field to just 29 hopefuls.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000 | 1,600,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Last Three Hands Announced
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
The final three hands of the night were announced and further action kicked off.
Greko Gregor ended up all in for 800,000 after a 
flop and Maximilian Wieser looked him up.
Greko Gregor: 
Maximilian Wieser: 
The 
turn and river gave Gregor a miracle full house and he doubled to leave Wieser short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000 | 900,000 |
|
400,000 | -650,000 |
Pyliavskyi Eliminated by Kabrhel
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
"Unlucky man," Martin Kabrhel said when he raked in the chips of Oleksandr Pyliavskyi, who had his 
all but mucked.
Pyliavskyi had flopped top pair and the nut flush draw on when he got the stack in and Kabrhel looked him up with the 
for top pair and a gutshot.
The 
turn and 
river ensured that the kicker played and Pyliavskyi headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,900,000 | 600,000 |
|
Busted |
GOMETZGER Doubles Through Kuo
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
GOMETZGER was all in out of the blinds with the 
and Han Kuo isolated with the 
.
The 
flop was a sweat, but the turn and 
river brought no upset for the Spaniard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,800,000 | -900,000 |
|
|
1,200,000 | 600,000 |
Espholm Eliminated
Level 23
: 25,000/50,000, 0 ante
Johan Espholm had the remaining 400,000 and change in before the flop and was called by T.O. with the far superior stack.
Johan Espholm: 
T.O.:
The 
flop gave Espholm some hope with a gutshot, but he bricked off on the 
turn and 
river run out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,050,000 | 2,050,000 |
|
Busted |